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Network of The Oaths – Urban Life from Late Medieval Times to Early Modern Era (on The Example of Silesian and Moravian Towns)

KOMÁRKOVÁ, Hana

Basic information

Original name

Network of The Oaths – Urban Life from Late Medieval Times to Early Modern Era (on The Example of Silesian and Moravian Towns)

Name in Czech

Síť přísah - Život ve městě pozdního středověku a raného novověku (na příkladu slezských a moravských měst)

Edition

Networks – Cooperation – Rivalry, The Fourth Biennial Conference of the Medieval Central Europe Research Network (MECERN) Online organized by the University of Gdańsk, 2021

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Keywords (in Czech)

Přísaha; služební přísaha; městská komunita; pozdní středověk; raný novověk

Keywords in English

Oath; Oath of Office; Urban Community; Late Medieval Era; Early Modern Era

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International impact
Změněno: 9/4/2021 12:34, Mgr. Hana Komárková, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

During the significant period between Late Medieval Times and the end of Early Modern Era the oath was an important tool of communication not only between the town and its lord but also among the members of the municipal community itself. We can say in general that the oath was a kind of bond to the town structures. From the city scribe to the least servant in the city jail, whenever they were taking up their office there was an obligation to swear an oath to the city council and to the community. The paper will focus on how the municipal self-government’s scope of activity gradually expanded and interfered in more and more areas of urban life. How the town became the community of the oath-bearers. The paper will also focus on how the filiation of municipal law (network of legal relations between towns) reflected in the wording of oaths.